Puget Sound is home to dozens of islands. Sue Frause has lived on Whidbey Island since 1975 and still thinks it’s fun taking a ferry to get home. Read about her island’s colorful characters and what makes Whidbey such a unique place.

The Northwest Flower & Garden Show opens this week in Seattle. As the largest event of its kind west of the Mississippi (and the second largest garden show event in the US), it runs Feb. 8-12, 2012 at the Washington State Convention Center. This year’s theme, A Floral Symphony … Gardens take Note, will be […]
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Somehow I missed The Langley Loop. Daresay I’ve been out of the loop on this new signage campaign. My son and his wife commented on the signs when they were up on the island a few weekends ago, wondering what the deal was. So I Googled it and came up with this April 2, 2011 […]
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I’m not sure if it will be come a family tradition, but it sure was fun! When our “kids” Max and Kelsey Frause came up to Langley for the weekend, I surprised them with making their own glass ornaments for their first Christmas tree. I’ve walked by Callahan’s FireHouse countless times on my way to […]
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It’s the end of an era. After 74 years of showing 35mm films, The Clyde Theatre in Langley is going digital. Earlier this year, the last of the 35mm cameras were produced and 35mm projectors will only be sold to foreign markets. According to Lynn and Blake Willeford, longtime owners and operators of The Clyde, […]
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Whidbey Island is known for its glass. Often referred to as the Pacific Northwest version of Italy’s Isle of Murano, there are dozens of glass artists in our midst. World renowned glass artist Ginny Rufner appeared at The Clyde Theatre recently during a screening of her bio-pic, A Not So Still Life; glass maestro David […]
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I met Bruce Didier several months ago while I was giving a presentation on blogging and social networking at a Clinton Chamber of Commerce meeting. My ears perked up when he mentioned that he and his wife were opening up a used book store and coffee shop in Clinton. Not only that, but it was […]
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During one of the opening nights of Mo’s Pub & Eatery in Langley, Farmer Bob and I shared a table in the bar with artist Phyllis Ray and her husband Robert Carlson. Both Langley locals like us, we’d never met them before, even though Phyllis had been coming to the island for three decades (and […]
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In the early morning of May 24, 2011 Virginia LaRue passed away at her home in Langley. She was 91 years young. Sam, as she was called by so many who knew her, is survived by her loving and caring daughters, Denise and Michele LaRue. There will be a funeral service for Virginia on Friday […]
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I did a double take when I spotted the storefront pictured above. No, it’s not Pickles Deli at Ken’s Korner, but Pickles Sandwich & Juice Bar near the hotel in Hanoi’s Old Quarter where Farmer Bob and I were staying. That was one of two Whidbey moments we had during our two weeks in Singapore […]
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My relationship with tea parties are the ones I had with my dolls years ago. That was Nancy and Pollyanna; Barbie didn’t make the cut, I wasn’t a Barbie girl. And of course there were the unofficial tea parties at my Grandma Veilleux’s house; I still have all her tea cups. Grandma taught me how […]
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